Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Meeting… Part-1.
“Nice to meet you. I am Sylvie Xilrel, the younger sister of the current Elf queen, and this is Princess Ava Xilrel, next in line for the throne…”

Jareth nodded his head at Sylvie’s words and said,

“I am Jareth Ayad, the Vice-Principal of ‘Ivan’s Higher Arcane University’…”

Jareth glanced at Ava for a second and asked,

“I am quite surprised by the courage of the elves… You brought the heir of your empire to enemy territory without batting an eye… Consider me impressed…”

Even Jareth couldn’t help but be impressed by the fearlessness of the two women.

Humans have a really bad reputation among other races, so it’s quite a surprise that Sylvie and Ava had the courage to come here alone.

In the game, Ava is one of Allen’s harem members, and she sacrifices her life to save Allen from a certain death.

That’s the reason why Jareth has a strong impression of this little girl, and he immediately recognized her the moment he first saw her.

On the other hand, Sylvie is the knight who protects Ava all the time.

During one of the missions, she acts as a decoy so that the hero’s party can run for their lives and avoid the siege of monsters.

She dies fighting till her last breath, a true warrior through and through who refuses to surrender and tarnish her honor.

Her famous quote was,

{Upon my honor, I stand eternal… under the grace… of… shining moonlight…}

Those were her iconic last words when she died standing on the hill created from the corpses of her enemies.

The moonlight shone on her body, as even after death, she stood proud and refused to fall.

That cutscene created immense hype for the game as it went viral on the internet.

‘Actually, aside from the fact that it was gifted by a friend, the reason why I played this game till last was partially because of her amazing last stand battle…’

‘It was sad but very cool…’

Although Jareth has a favorable impression of Sylvie, he isn’t sure if her personality is the same as in the game.

Unlike the game, the main character is a total scumbag, or maybe he already was a scumbag in the game too, but it was hidden by the plot.

Still, many things are different in this world, and there are a lot of small changes.

Thus, Jareth isn’t sure if Sylvie and Ava had any changes in personality, so he decided to talk to them personally before determining it.

…

“I was actually against bringing the princess here, but she kept insisting on it, and I can’t deny her orders, so here we are…”

Sylvie took the lead and explained everything truthfully.

Jareth himself doesn’t know it, but he gives off immense pressure to others just by being in close proximity to them.

Not only is his mana extremely pure, but his mana control is also insane, so even though he always keeps his mana in check, it’s impossible to sense his aura easily.

People with amazing instincts, such as Sylvie, can easily sense the danger that Jareth’s body is emitting.

‘It’s like I am sitting near a lion who is disguising himself as a sheep…’

Jareth uses his mana singularity to hide his grade and the mana fluctuations of his body; thus, not even grade 1 people can see through him.

But this alone can make others feel intimidated by him instinctively.

‘Even big sis didn’t used to make me feel so threatened… My instincts are telling me not to offend this person… or death is the outcome…’

Sylvie has been fighting for decades, gaining extensive combat experience and perfecting her instincts.

It’s much easier for her to notice details that others don’t.

‘P-perhaps I shouldn’t have brought Ava here after all.’

Just when Jareth and Sylvie were contemplating each other in their minds, Ava brought them back to reality by saying,

“No, it’s actually a good thing that I came here… I got to see a lot of amazing things on our way here…”

“In the future, I will work hard to make the Elven Empire as prosperous as this amazing place…”

Jareth nodded his head at those words and said,

“Well, it seems the princess has a goal in mind already… It’s a good thing; you should walk on the path you have chosen…”

Even in the game, Ava wanted to make the Elven Empire prosperous.

But she died prematurely, her wishes were never fulfilled, and the Elven Empire was destroyed by the overflowing miasma.

So, it would be quite a good thing if the elves didn’t die, as that would award him a lot of credit points.

‘Perhaps that flood of miasma and the outbreak of low-level demons and monsters also happened because the node of the seal placed in the Elven Empire broke apart…’

Although the reason for the outbreak was never specified in the game, Jareth can speculate that this might be the real reason.

Jareth glanced at Sylvie and said,

“Well, pleasantries aside, shall we talk about the main reason for your visit now, Ms. Sylvie?”

Sylvie nodded her head, brought out a small leaf from her space ring, and put her on the table.

The small leaf was already withered and had turned pitch black; it was clearly corrupted by miasma.

“This is the leaf of the ‘World Tree’… or at least it used to be…”

“Actually, our ancestors have been trying to grow a world tree for several millennia now… but we have never succeeded…”

Sylvie glanced at the miasma-infected leaf, and a look of sadness appeared on her face.

“We used to have a hundred seeds of the world tree; we tried planting them all….”

“All of them would just grow to the size of a small sapling, and then they would die soon… as if something is stopping them from growing further…”

Hearing those words, a thought came to Jareth’s mind:

‘Could it be that the ‘Laws’ of the world are involved in this matter too? Tch! Whenever the ‘Laws’ get involved, everything turns into sh*t…’

Jareth really has become irritated by the interference of the ‘laws’ of this world.

Until now, he still hasn’t found any method to cure twins that are stuck below the sea near the port city of Urona.

If he could save them, he could earn a significant number of credit points, but it remains impossible.

“So, all of your world trees are dead, and you don’t have any more seeds now? That’s quite the trouble you have got…”

“But…. You can’t possibly be thinking that I can help you grow a world tree, right? That’s something a human can’t do; the world tree only recognizes elves, or so I have heard…”

Sylvie nodded her head and said,

“Yes, the world tree can only be grown by elves, as it doesn’t recognize other races… We aren’t here to ask you to grow a world tree for us…”

“Actually, there is still one sapling of the world tree left in the world… It was the first one that we tried to grow… It has been said to have been planted more than nine millennia ago…”

“It was the only sapling that grew to the height of ten meters… but it’s been stuck at that height as if its progress is blocked by something…”

Sylvie sighed, then continued.

“But the main problem is that it has started to get corrupted by miasma since the past few decades…”

“Miasma has started to destroy its roots, and it has started to die now… We elves don’t want that to happen….”

Sylvie glanced at Ava with a sad look and said,

“The queen went to the forbidden land to visit the tree, but she has gone missing with her whole knight battalion… She was a Grade 1 mage; if something can harm her, then it’s great trouble for our empire…”

The tree is located in a forbidden place that has started to become a lake of miasma, and everything in the area has become dangerous and toxic to normal people.

Even grade 2 individuals dare not go there.

“We need the help of a grade 1 individual to track down or possibly rescue her from the place… And if possible, it would be even better if the sapling could be extracted from that place…”

Hearing Sylvie’s words, Jareth’s interest was piqued, but he was also quite surprised.

“So you are trying to say that the whole area that you are referring to as a ‘forbidden land’ has become infested with miasma, and strange phenomena are happening there?”

“You have caught my interest…”

Jareth nodded his head and said,

“But I have a condition… I want to do some personal research in your elven empire, so you will need to give me a permit to freely go anywhere in your empire…”

“If you can do that much, then we can start talking further… Otherwise, this deal is as good as dead.”

Hearing Jareth’s words, Sylvie was surprised. She thought that Jareth might have some big demands, but it turned out all he wanted was a permit to visit the place.

Thus, Sylvie immediately agreed to Jareth’s request.

“Yes, we can accept that condition as long as you don’t do any unethical research there…”

Jareth nodded his head and said,

“Of course…”